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Maple Bay / Burial Islet

48.81°N · 123.59°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
83/100
GOOD

Now 21 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-10 AM
Tide ebbing
14-Day Forecast
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
21
Tough
Tide
4.2 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Calm
0.0 m
Air temp
16°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
25% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 21 Tough. Tide 4.2ft Rising ▲. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 4kn SSE G7. Sea 0.0m Calm. Air 16.3°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
Slack
Tough

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Chinook Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
2 in possession
Size
Minimum 62 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other
1 combined total daily limit. No more than: 1 hatchery marked ≤80cm, 0 hatchery marked >80cm, 1 wild unmarked ≤80cm, 0 wild unmarked >80cm. Annual coastwide limit of 10. Must record all retained chinook on licence.
Other species here
Chum salmon Retention openLingcod Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedHalibut ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openDungeness Crab Closed
Always check with DFO

Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Chinook Salmon
~6 more weeks at peak
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
10-60 ft
Mixed
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Bay
Inner Protected

Maple Bay and the nearby Burial Islet form an inner, protected bay in the Cowichan area of British Columbia, with a mixed bottom and depths running from 10 to 60 feet. The spot holds Chinook Salmon through their peak from June to September, followed by Coho Salmon that stay active from June into October. Downrigger trolling covers water most effectively here, working anchovy in a teaser head, hootchies, trolling spoons, and flashers across the mixed bottom and along the islet's structure. Mooching cut-plug or whole herring and jigging metal or soft plastic jigs give anglers alternatives when fish sit tight to the bottom or in the protected shallows. For Coho, trolling hootchies and spoons and bucktailing over the sheltered water tighten the presentation as the season runs later.

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